Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Gentianella montana (G.Forst.) Holub |
Synonyms | Gentiana montana G.Forst. |
Gentiana tereticaulis Petrie | |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | montane-subalpine |
Description | leaves in dense rosette, broadly obovate-spathulate, coriaceous, rounded, broadly petiolate, stem leaves 2-6-pairs, oblong, flowers ca. 10 in umbellate inflorescence |
Size | 30-50cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C division in spring; cuttings in late spring |
Territory |
Australasia
New Zealand (New Zealand South) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | GENTIANACEAE
montana ionostigma Glenny, New Zealand J. Bot. 42(3): 499 (2004)
montana stolonifera (Cheeseman) Glenny, ibid.
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